Rocco Baldelli led the major leagues in love Friday. The Rays were reunited at last with those pesky Red Sox, and Baldelli made the trip up from Fort Myers to be DH - designated hugger. He saw old friends everywhere, faces from the Rays' from-nowhere run to the World Series, which carried past Boston in the American League Championship Series. More incredible, Baldelli was part of it. ...more

February 28, 2009

David Gilliland has one of those classic good news-bad news situations. ...more

February 22, 2009

Coming off a breakthrough season in which he played a pivotal role for American League champion Tampa Bay, first-year Tigers pitcher Edwin Jackson says his 2008 success hasn't changed him. ...more

February 16, 2009

Joining any other team after spending his entire professional career in the Philadelphia Phillies organization would have been a bit strange for Pat Burrell. But the fact that the locker room he now calls home is filled mostly with players he helped beat in the World Series last fall adds a bit of a twist to the whole situation. ...more

February 16, 2009

Coming off a breakthrough season in which he played a pivotal role for American League champion Tampa Bay, first-year Tigers pitcher Edwin Jackson says his 2008 success hasn't changed him. ...more

February 16, 2009

Before it came time to turn the page Sunday afternoon, the Rays took one last look back. ...more

February 16, 2009

The Rays refrained from audacious predictions on the first day of camp, but Dioner Navarro still might have reached uncharted territory Sunday. ...more

February 16, 2009

The big stories in baseball the last couple of months have happened in places other than Tampa Bay, which only shows that while a lot has changed for the Rays, some things never will. ...more

February 13, 2009

A study commissioned by the Tampa Bay Rays determined that baseball fans from beyond the Tampa Bay area generate $136.5 million to $212.5 million in direct tourism expenditures annually and that attendance has grown during the past three years. ...more

February 12, 2009

A study commissioned by the Tampa Bay Rays determined that baseball fans from beyond Tampa Bay generate between $136.5 million and $212.5 million in direct tourism expenditures annually, while attendance has grown over the past three years. ...more

February 11, 2009